Approximately 14 boats at a Walnut Grove marina were destroyed early Monday morning as a fast-moving fire jumped from boat to boat.

Approximately 14 boats at a Walnut Grove marina were destroyed early Monday morning as a fast-moving fire jumped from boat to boat.

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Updated: 1:03 PM PST Jan 26, 2015

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WEBVTT BREAKING NEWS. MORE THAN A DOZEN BOATS DESTROYED IN A FAST-MOVING FIRE AT THE WALNUT GROVE MARINA. IT TOOK A FEW HOURS TO CONTAIN THIS ONE. BRIAN HICKEY HAS A LOOK AT THE DAMAGE OUT THERE. I KNOW YOU SPOKE WITH SOME BOAT OWNERS. WHAT ARE THEY SAYING? HOW HORRIBLE IT WAS WATCHING THIS GO UP IN FLAMES. FORTUNATELY, SOME OF THE FOLKS WE SPOKE TO DID NOT LOSE THEIR HOMES, BUT MANY WERE CONCERNED ABOUT THE FIRE THAT BROKE DURING THIS MARINA. IT STARTED AROUND THIS COVERED AREA OF THE MARINA. FIRE CREWS ARE ESTIMATING RIGHT AROUND 14 BOATS DESTROYED, SOME OF THEM IN EXCESS OF 50 FEET. ONE OF THE OWNERS GAVE US THESE PHOTOS. HE WAS ABLE TO GET OUT OF THE MARINA AND TOOK THESE AMAZING PHOTOS. HE DESCRIBED HOW QUICKLY THE FIRE SPREAD FROM ONE GO TO THE NEXT AS FUEL, FIBERGLASS, AND PROPANE BURNED HERE THIS MORNING. BIG CONCERNS AS THEY CONTAIN THE MAIN PART OF THE FIRE. ANOTHER BURNING HOUSEBOAT STARTED TO FLOAT DOWN RIVER TOWARD THE OTHER AREAS THAT WERE NOT BURNING YET. CREWS WERE ABLE TO DIVERT THAT BEFORE IT SLAMMED INTO THE DOCK, WHERE THEY HAD TO BATTLE THAT FIRE AND THE BURNING DIESEL FUEL. ONCE THEY GOT THAT OUT, THEIR ATTENTION WAS BACK ON THE MAIN FIRE. RESIDENTS DESCRIBED HOW FIERCE THE FIRE WAS. WE WERE LAYING IN BED, ABOUT 12:15 AND WE HEARD A BANG. I ASKED MY WIFE AND SHE DID NOT KNOW WHAT IT WAS. WE LOOKED AND WE SAW THE WHOLE PLACE WAS ON FIRE. HE WAS THE ONE THAT PROVIDED US WITH THOSE PHOTOS. HE WAS ABLE TO GET OUT TO THE RIVER UPSTREAM, WHERE HE IS NOW ANCHORED. THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE , AND MAKING SURE THERE WAS NOT ANY ONE ON THE BOATS, IS UNDER INVESTIGATION. A LOT OF THESE BOATS DO NOT HAVE PEOPLE PERMANENTLY LIVING ON THEM, BUT POLICE MONDAY TO CONFIRM THAT. THEY HAVE ALSO NOTIFIED THE EPA AND HAZMAT CREWS BECAUSE OF THE OIL AND DEBRIS AND FUEL AND GARBAGE NOW FLOATING DOWN THE RIVER HERE TOWARD THE SACRAMENTO RIVER.

Fast-moving fire destroys boats docked in marina

Approximately 14 boats at a Walnut Grove marina were destroyed early Monday morning as a fast-moving fire jumped from boat to boat.